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Global Handwashing Day: Why Hand Hygiene Is Important For Food Safety?
October 15 is the Global Handwashing Day and theme for 2018 centres around the association between handwashing and food including food hygiene and nutrition. Handwashing is an important hand hygiene technique that helps in preventing disease and keeps your food safe.
What Is The Importance Of A Proper Hand Washing Technique?
Keeping your hands clean is one of the most important steps to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Not washing your hands properly with soap increases the risk of many diseases and skin conditions. Regular handwashing particularly before and after certain activities is effective in preventing germs like bacteria and viruses.
What Diseases Can Spread By Not Washing Hands?
- Viral gastroenteritis - Caused by noroviruses, this disease spreads when people don't wash their hands well. This disease is characterized by diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, headache, muscle aches or joint aches.
- Airborne illnesses - Airborne illnesses include the common cold, influenza, meningitis, etc. These diseases result in more than one symptoms like headache, swollen glands, sneezing, coughing etc. Since your hands are in constant contact with body fluids during coughing and sneezing, washing your hands thoroughly can prevent the spread of the diseases.
- Nosocomial infections - These infections are caused by a type of staph bacteria. This infection is spread in hospitals and results when staff and patients don't wash their hands properly. The symptoms of this infection are fever, discharge from a wound, burning while urinating, etc.
- Hepatitis A - A viral infection which often spreads through food that has been contaminated by people preparing it.
The Right Handwashing Technique
Handwashing technique includes the 6 steps according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
1.
Wet
your
hands
with
clean,
running
water
and
not
cloudy
water.
2.
Apply
enough
soap
and
lather
your
hands
by
rubbing
them
together.
3.
Lather
the
back
of
your
hands,
between
your
fingers
and
under
your
nails.
4.
Scrub
your
hands
for
at
least
20
seconds.
5.
Rinse
both
your
hands
well
under
running
water.
6.
Dry
your
hands
by
using
a
clean
towel
or
an
air
dryer.
Why Handwashing Is Important Before Food Preparation?
In restaurants, the spread of germs from the hands of food workers is the leading cause of food-borne illnesses. In fact, 89 per cent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses are contaminated by food workers. Proper washing of hands can reduce germs on the workers' hands.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises that hands should be washed before making food and gloves should be used while preparing food. The FDA also advises that hands should be washed after eating, drinking, using tobacco, preparing raw animal products, handling dirty equipment, etc.
The CDC recommends that restaurant management and food safety programs should work to improve the handwashing rates particularly after handling raw meat as raw meat contains the E.coli bacteria which causes gastrointestinal problems.
How To Prepare Food Safely?
1. Wash your hands
It's essential to always wash your hands with lukewarm water and soap before starting to prepare food, after touching raw food, after going to the toilet, after touching the pets and the dustbin. This will prevent the bacteria from spreading in the kitchen and onto the food.
2. Keep the worktops clean
Before starting to prepare food, keep your worktops, kitchen utensils and chopping boards spick-and-span. If they have been touched by eggs, raw meat and poultry wash and clean them thoroughly. Wash dishcloths more often to avoid any bacteria growing on the material. While you are done with these activities wash your hands thoroughly.
3. Keep raw food separate from ready-to-eat food
Raw foods like fish, meat and poultry contain bacteria that can spread very easily by touching other foods, worktops, knives and chopping boards. And avoid keeping raw foods separate from ready-to-eat food like salad, bread and fruits as they will not be cooked before you eat them. Also, wash your hands after touching raw foods before eating ready-to-eat foods.
Always remember you should wash your hands before eating food, before, during and after preparing food.
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